For information, it was decided at today’s WAB committee meeting to make the Coastal & Tidal Award a permanent award. This will give opportunity for many to attain the higher stages that they otherwise may not have achieved with the award finishing at the end of the year and for those who have achieved the higher stages on 40m the chance to attain it on others bands as 40m dies a death until next time around. The award therefore will continue as is, but will now be permanent.

There will be an official announcement nearer the time concerning another new award.